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| noun witch a later pronoun refers to |
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establishes a clear, contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together or juxtaposing them, often in parallel structure. Human beings are inveterate systematizers and categorizers, so the mind has a natural love for antithesis, which creates a definite and systematic relationship between ideas:
To err is human; to forgive, divine. --Pope |
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| The loss of one or more sounds from the beginning of a word, as in till for until. |
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| a defense and justification for some belief, doctrine, piece of writing, cause, or action without any admission of blame with which we contemporarily associate the word. |
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| the speaker's position on a suject as revealed through his/her tone. |
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| omission of a word or several words |
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| The specialized or technical language of a trade, profession, or similar group. |
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| songlike; characterized by emotion, subjectivity and imagery |
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| A repetition of sentences/clauses/etc. using the same structure |
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| a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy. |
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| a sentence that, by leaving the completion of its main clause to the end, produces an effect of suspense, as in Unable to join the others at the dance because of my sprained ankle, I went to a movie. |
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| question asked for effect rather than for an answer |
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deductive reasoning
If all A's = B, and X = B, then X = A |
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